Wall and lath construction for buildings.



J. B. JOHNSON.

WALL AND LATH CONSTRUCTION FOR BUILDINGS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1912.

1,084,580, Patented Jan. 13, 191i 2 EHEETS-SHEBT l.

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ATTORNEY.

J. B. JOHNSON.

WALL AND LATH CONSTRUCTION FOR BUILDINGS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.23,1912.

1,084,580. Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

1 JAMES B. JOHNSON, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE SMITH, F SPRINGFIELD,"MASSACHUSETTS.

. WALL AND LATH CONSTRUCTION FOR BUILDINGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

Application filed September 23, 1912 Serial No. 721,808.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, J AMES B. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Springfield. in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improve- J plaster wall forming material.

ments in Wall and Lat-h Construction for 'Buildings, of which the following is a full, cigar, and exact description.

This inventl n relates, to improved wall construction which for the mostpart, although not necessarily entirely, is composed ggin tgl, and mostly of plate of thin charrsusceptible of being produced by rollingp'rocesses. The= invention prominently includes the constructions and combinations of metallic studs, metallic furring or lath supporting strips and metallic openwork sheet lathing, which together produce a hollow wall, comparatively light in. character, yet extremely strong, inexpensive of construction, entirely fireproof an well adapted to receive the engagementtherewith, and support, stucco or The invention is described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and is set forth in the claims. I

In the drawings :,Figure 1.is a horizontal sectional view of a double walled construction comprising portions at right angles to each other, such as would be provided at the corners of adjoining rooms. Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing the pair ofvertical studs, a pair of horizontal furring strips extending from stud to stud and fragments of metallic lathing at the front of the so combined parts. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View of part of the structure taken On line 3-3, Fig. 2. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the end formation of one of thefurring strips, and Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing a portion of one of the vertical metallic studs with which the soformed furring strip has its engagement. Fig. dis a horizontal sectional view of the construction where a door jamb is to be provided. Figs. 5 and 6 are cross sectional views through the metallic studs having the prevailing characteristics of thls invention but slightly differing in details of construct1on., Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view through an improved form of stay piece employed as a reinforcement in the hollow wall construction,Fig. 8 showing the same as operatively applied in relation to opposite furring strips and the metallic lathing supported thereby. Fig. 9 is a sectional view slmilar to Fig. 8 but showing a form of stay piece to be utilized under conditions where the employment of the one shown in Fig. 8 is not practicable or convenient.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the views.

In the drawings, A A. represent vertical metallic studs to be provided at suitable distances apart, each having opposite edge portions formed with a trough or channel a and with outwardly turned flanges b b at the mouths ofthe channels, the faces of such flanges being in a plane at right angles to the mid-rib portion of the stud.

B B represent furring strips which extend horizontally from stud to stud in suitable separation from each other and to form supports for the sheet metal lath-ing C which constitutes the foundation or support for the plastic face of the Wall. These furring strips or lath supports are of the character such as shown in Letters Patent of the United States granted to me AugustQOth, 1912, No. 1,036,522, and as shown cross sectionally in Figs. 8, 9 and 3*. These furring strips are produced from sheet metal and are of trough form having flanges e e oppositely turned at the mouths of the channels therein, and the ends of the channels are longitudinally extended to form pairs of separated lips f f while the back-or base por tions of the furring strips are endwise extended to form lips g; and the manner of engagement of the horizontal furring strips with the vertical trough edgedand flanged studs will be apparent on reference to Fig.

tinuous with the back of the furring strip forms overlies the rear of the stud flange 6 and is rearwardly or inwardly bent for engagement with the exterior of the wall of the stud trough or channel; and in reference to Fig. 3, it will be perceive: that each flange b of the trough edged stu has narrow recesses 72. k therein into which. the end portions of the sidewalls 2' of the trough shaped furring strips have engagements.

The-metal lathing C of openwork construction and sheet-like character and of any make 1: be approved, extends from stud to stud and is supported by the faces of the furring strip flanges, and means are provided for uniting the lathing to the furring strips and tensioning and means areprovided for connecting the lathing to the trough edged studs, the same being also utilized for connecting the furring strips to the stud. .And in Fig. 1, which is a horizontal sectional View between, and not intersecting the furring strips, the wires 7' j are extended from one trough edgeto the other trough edge of the stud, penetrating such trough edges and the lathing and by being twisted together tension the lathing by securing more or less deflection thereof into the trough edges; and other wires similarly extend through the furring strip lathing and rough shaped portions of the studs.

The furring strips located at opposite portions of-t-he wall are connected and reinforced by stay resented in Figs. 7 and 8 consisting of cast iron bars having wires lc twisted together and embedded therein, and having their ex tremities extending beyond the ends of the bar; the bar is interposed between and a strut or brace between the backs or bases of the opposite furring strips, while the extremities of the wires are extended through the backs of the furring strips and through the port-ions of the metallic lathing which spans the spaces between the furring strip flanges and are bent or twisted for engagements with the latter to not only make the connection between the furring strip and lathing but to tension the lathing by causing .more or less deflection thereof within the furring strip channels.

The stay pieces of the form just described are of very inexpensive character, and may be used in the course of construction of the hollow wall when applied in relation to-one wall side before the other wall side is set up; but in some cases where further reinforcement may be'deemed necessary after more or less of the hollow wall is put up, stay bolts of the character shown in Fig. 9 may be employed by drilling holes therefor through the backs of the opposite furring strips and securing the stay bolts by the lock and 'amb nut m m,the lock nuts holding the lathing and the furring strips and the jamb it relatively thereto pieces D D, the same as repstay members nuts, by engagements against the back of the fin'ring strips stiffening the structure.

The metallic studs may, as shown in Fig. 6, be made of a pair of plates easily and cheaply rolled up, terminating in outwardly bent extremities 10, 10, continued in edge flanges b, b, at right angles to the planes of the plates, said plates being facewise joined and united by rivets 13; and as represented in Fig. 5, an intermediate strengthening section of plate or strip metal 14 may be interposed between the mid-rib forming plates 9, 9.

The stud A of the construction shown is, as will be perceived on reference to Fig. 4, well adapted for receiving the connection therewith of a door casing strip L which may be fastened thereto by screws w 'w,L representing the jamb strip, and L a portion of the door.

I claim v 1. In a wall construction, vertical metallic studs having each a trough shaped edge portion and provided with o positely turned flanges at opposite sides 0 the channel-in the edge of the stud, sheet metal furring strips extending horizontally between the studs and having portions thereof overlapped on and engaged with said flanges of the studs, and metallic lathing extending from stud to stud and facewise supported by the furring strips.

2. In a wall construction, vertical metallic studs at suitable distances apart, each having its opposite edge portions of trough shape with opposite outwardly turned flanges, furring strips extending horizontally between pairs of the studs having their extremities overlappedon the said flanges, extending between the furring strips, and metallic lathing extending from stud to stud and the furring strips.

3. In a wall construction, vertical metallic studs, having their opposite edge portions of trough shape, with channels therein with outwardly the channels in the opposite edges of the studs, sheet metal furring strips of trough form and having flanges oppositely turned at the mouth of the channel in each thereof,

the ends of said latter flanges being endwise" extended to form pairof separated lips adapted to be bent int the stud channels and to have interlockin, the walls thereof, and t e I back or base portions f the furring strips being, endwise extend-rd to form lips adapted to be angularly bent and to have engagements againstthe backs of the walls of the stud channels, and metallic lathing extending from one to the other of the studs, and facewise supported by the furring strips.

4. In a wall construction, vertical metallic turned flanges at the mouths of Y engagements with extremities of the supported by the facesof I studs, each having its opposite edge portion separated lips adapted to be bent into the of trough shape, with channels therein with outwardly turned flanges at the mouths of the channels in the opposite edges of the studs, sheet metal fur-ring strips of trough form and having flanges oppositely turned at the mouth of the channel in each thereof, the extremities of the back or base portions of the i'urring strips being endwise extended to form lips adapted to be angularly bent and to have engagements against the backs of the walls of the stud channels, and metallic lathing extending from one to the other of the studs, and facewise supported by the fur-ring strips.

In a wall construction, metallic studs arranged vertically and distanced from each other. each having its opposite edge portion of trough shape with opposite outwardly turned flanges, furring strips of trough shape and with outwardly turned flanges extending horizontally between pairs of the studs having their flanges substantially in plane with the faces of the stud flanges, and

having their extremities in engagement with the studs, metallic lathing extending from stud to stud and supported by the faces of the furring strip flanges, and means extending transversely between the opposite lathing and the bases of the furring strips for connecting the lathing to the turring strips and tensioning them relatively to the channeled portions thereof.

6. In a wall construction, metallic studs arranged vertically and distanced from each other, each having its opposite edge portion of trough shape with opposite outwardly turned flanges, furring strips of trough shape and with outwardly turned flanges extending horizontally between pairs of the studs having their flanges substantially in plane with the faces of the stud flanges, and having their extremities in engagement with the studs, stay members extending between and secured to the opposite furring strips between the studs and metallic lathing extending from stud to stud and supported by the faces of the furring strip flanges, and means extending transversely between the opposite lathing and the bases of the furring strips for connecting the lathing to the furringstrips and tensioning them relatively to the channeled portions thereof.

7 In a wall construction, vertical metallic studs, having their opposite edge portions of trough shape, with channels therein with outwardly turned flanges at the mouths of the channels in the opposite edges of the studs, said flanges having recesses within the edges thereof,.and sheet metal furring strips of trough form and having flanges oppositely turned at the mouth of the channel in each thereof, the ends of said latter flanges being endwise extended to form pairs of stud channels and to have interlocking engagements with the walls thereof, the extremities of the back or base portions of the fin-ring strips being endwiseextended to form lips adapted to be angularly bent and to have engagements against the backs of the walls of the stud channels while the end portions of the opposite side walls of the channeled fur-ring strip are engaged in the said recesses in the stud flanges, and metallic lathing extending from one to the other of the studs, and facewise supported by the furring strips.

8. In a wall construction, vertical metallic studs, having their opposite edge portions of trough shape, with channels therein with outwardly turned flanges at the mouths of the channels in the opposite edges of the studs, said flanges having recesses within the edges thereof, sheet metal furl-ing strips of trough form and having flanges oppositely turned at the mouth of the channel in each thereof, the ends of said latter flanges being endwise extended to form pairs of separated lips adapted to be bent into the stud channels and to have interlocking engagements with the walls thereof, the extremities of the back or base portions of the turring strips being endwise extended to form lips adapted to be angularly bent and to have engagements against the backs of the walls of the stud channels while the end portions of the opposite sidewalls of the channeled fur-ring strip are engaged inthe said recesses in the stud flanges, and trans verse fastenings extending through lips of the furring strips and through opposite trough forming portions of. the studs, and metallic lathing extending from one to the other of the studs, and facewise supported by the furring strips.

9. In a wall construction, vertical studs, furring strips extending horizontally between, and having supporting connections with, opposite edges of the studs, metallic lathing facewise supported on the furring strips, and stay pieces between opposite furring strips consisting of cast metal bars hav-- ing wires embedded therein with theirextremities extending beyond the ends of such bars and adapted to be extended through the furring strips and the metallic lath and bent for engagements with the latter.

10. In a wall construction vertical studs, furring strips extending horizontally be tween, and having supporting connections with, opposite edges of the studs, of channeled sheet metal 'with outwardly turned flanges in plane with each other, metallic lathing facewise supported on the furring strips and stay pieces between the backs or bases of the furl-ing strips consisting of cast metal b'ars having wires embedded therein with their extremities extending beyond the Signed by me at Springfield, Mass., in ends of such bar and adnpted to be extended presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

throu 'h the backs of the furring strips and V y r thrpufgh the portions of the metallic lathing JAMES JO'HASOL' B Whlch spans the space between the flanges \Vitnesses:

thereof and bent for engagements With the WM. S. BELLAM, latter. G. R. DRISCOLL. 

